GOETZ: K 172 General Hermann von Koevess
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K 172 GENERAL HERMANN VON KOEVESS (Erstürmung des Lovtchen), 1916, Cast Bronze, 66.2mm, Wt. 94.1g., incuse edge-punch, UNC.
To commemorate the capture of Mount Lovtchen in Montenegro on January 13th, 1916 under General Koevess.
Obverse: Legend: General Hermann von Koevess. Bust left in military Generals uniform.
Reverse: Legend “Surrender of Montenegro January 16, 1916.” On stone marker, “Assault on Lowzen.” Goetz spells the Mount ‘LOWCEN’. Shows snake around a scepter and sword.
Field Marshal Hermann Kovess von Kovesshaza (1854-1924) served as a competent if unremarkable Austro-Hungarian field commander whose career, close to retirement in 1914, was given a second wind by the outbreak of war. He was Austria-Hungary's final, entirely ceremonial, Commander-in-Chief.
With a career in imperial service behind him Kovess was due for retirement when war broke out in July 1914. He was nevertheless given command of XII Corps on the Eastern Front during the early stages of the war. Kovess took part in the Galician and Carpathian campaigns, as well as at Gorlice-Tarnow in mid-1915.
Appointed to command of Third Army as part of Army Group Mackensen (led by August von Mackensen) the highlight of Kovess' career was undoubtedly the capture of Belgrade on 9 October 1915.
Kovess' Third Army entered Montenegro and Albania over the succeeding months and was moved to the Italian Front in time for the Austro-Hungarian Battle of Asiago of May 1916 (in which Austro-Hungarian Chief of Staff Conrad launched a full-scale offensive against the Italians during a pause in the interminable Isonzo battles).
Participating in the Battle of Asiago, Kovess found himself redeployed back to Galicia with news of the Russian Brusilov Offensive, leading Seventh Army from 20 October 1916.
Largely unaffected by the subsequent (and disastrously unsuccessful) Russian Kerenski Offensive, Kovess counter-advanced into Czernowitz in August 1917, whereupon he was promoted Field Marshal, ennobled and handed command of both Third and Seventh Armies in January 1918 (Army Front Kovess). His new command encompassed the Moldavian Front from the Dobruja to Galicia.
However with the agreement of the Russian Brest-Litovsk treaty in March 1918 Kovess found himself without an active command until his appointment, on 3 November, as Austria-Hungary's final Commander in Chief. Given the disintegration of the Empire and Emperor Karl's recognition of national armies, Kovess' role was one without power.
With war over Kovess promptly retired from the army. He died in 1924.
To commemorate the capture of Mount Lovtchen in Montenegro on January 13th, 1916 under General Koevess.
Obverse: Legend: General Hermann von Koevess. Bust left in military Generals uniform.
Reverse: Legend “Surrender of Montenegro January 16, 1916.” On stone marker, “Assault on Lowzen.” Goetz spells the Mount ‘LOWCEN’. Shows snake around a scepter and sword.
Field Marshal Hermann Kovess von Kovesshaza (1854-1924) served as a competent if unremarkable Austro-Hungarian field commander whose career, close to retirement in 1914, was given a second wind by the outbreak of war. He was Austria-Hungary's final, entirely ceremonial, Commander-in-Chief.With a career in imperial service behind him Kovess was due for retirement when war broke out in July 1914. He was nevertheless given command of XII Corps on the Eastern Front during the early stages of the war. Kovess took part in the Galician and Carpathian campaigns, as well as at Gorlice-Tarnow in mid-1915.
Appointed to command of Third Army as part of Army Group Mackensen (led by August von Mackensen) the highlight of Kovess' career was undoubtedly the capture of Belgrade on 9 October 1915.
Kovess' Third Army entered Montenegro and Albania over the succeeding months and was moved to the Italian Front in time for the Austro-Hungarian Battle of Asiago of May 1916 (in which Austro-Hungarian Chief of Staff Conrad launched a full-scale offensive against the Italians during a pause in the interminable Isonzo battles).
Participating in the Battle of Asiago, Kovess found himself redeployed back to Galicia with news of the Russian Brusilov Offensive, leading Seventh Army from 20 October 1916.
Largely unaffected by the subsequent (and disastrously unsuccessful) Russian Kerenski Offensive, Kovess counter-advanced into Czernowitz in August 1917, whereupon he was promoted Field Marshal, ennobled and handed command of both Third and Seventh Armies in January 1918 (Army Front Kovess). His new command encompassed the Moldavian Front from the Dobruja to Galicia.
However with the agreement of the Russian Brest-Litovsk treaty in March 1918 Kovess found himself without an active command until his appointment, on 3 November, as Austria-Hungary's final Commander in Chief. Given the disintegration of the Empire and Emperor Karl's recognition of national armies, Kovess' role was one without power.
With war over Kovess promptly retired from the army. He died in 1924.
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